Public Eye: Comedian's half-brother accused of embezzling

The half-brother of comedian Dane Cook has pleaded not guilty in Woburn, Mass., to embezzling millions from the comedian and ordered held on $3 million bail.

Darryl McCauley of Wilmington was arraigned Wednesday at Woburn District Court on charges including forgery. Prosecutors say the 43-year-old stole millions from Cook while working as his manager.

They say McCauley transferred funds from Cook's business accounts to his personal accounts between July 2007 and December 2008. In one instance, investigators said McCauley forged a $3 million check written from Cook's account to himself.

The 36-year-old Cook's comedy album, “Retaliation,” went double platinum and he has appeared in several films, including “My Best Friend's Girl.”

BACON, SEDGWICK WERE VICTIMS OF MADOFF SCHEME

Kevin Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick are among the many victims of the massive Ponzi scheme run by the disgraced New York money manager.

Bacon's publicist, Allen Eichhorn, confirmed this week that the couple had investments with Madoff. He wouldn't say how much money Bacon, whose most recent film is “Frost/Nixon,” and “The Closer” star Sedgwick might have lost.

Madoff told federal investigators that his investment business was “a lie” that lost as much as $50 billion.

Other Hollywood victims have included a charity linked to director Steven Spielberg and his DreamWorks partner Jeffrey Katzenberg, and screenwriter Eric Roth, whose credits include “Forrest Gump” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”